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Abraham Lincoln on Criticism

"If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what's said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference."

Consider the Cost

"Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events." ~Winston Churchill

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Charles Spurgeon

"Our blessed Lord reveals himself to his people more in the valleys, in the shades, in the deeps, than he does anywhere else. He has a way and an art of showing himself to his children at midnight, making the darkness light by his presence."

Progress through Perseverance

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or whether the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; Whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes up short again and again; Who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; Who, at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; And who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.
It is far better to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight of life, knowing neither victory nor defeat.
~ Theodore Roosevelt

Psalm 7:10-17

God will uncase the hypocrites ere long, and make them know, to their sorrow, what is was to trifle with Him." - Richard Baxter

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The Reformed Pastor – Richard Baxter

“We must carry on our work with patience. We must bear with many abuses and injuries from those to whom we seek to do good. When we have studied for them, and prayed for them, and exhorted them, and beseeched them with all earnestness and condescension, and given them what we are able, and tended them as if they had been our children, we must look that many of them will requite us with scorn and hatred and contempt, and account us their enemies, because we ‘tell them the truth.’ Now, we must endure all this patiently, and we must unweariedly hold on in doing good, ‘in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if God, peradventure, will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth.’ We have to deal with distracted men who will fly in the face of their physician, but we must not, therefore, neglect their cure. He is unworthy to be a physician, who will be driven away from a frenetic patient by foul words. Yet, alas, when sinners reproach and slander us for our love, and are more ready to spit in our faces, than to thank us for our advice, what heart-risings will there be, and how will the remnants of old Adam (pride and passion) struggle against the meekness and patience of the new man! And how sadly do many ministers come off under such trials!”

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I am a Christian first, then a wife and a mom. I am married and have 15 children, 2 homemade and 13 adopted. I have 9 adorable grandchildren. It is my desire to serve my God and know that I have fulfilled His purpose for me on this earth.

Though I hope my children will choose to follow the way that we have taught them, I realize they must work out their own salvation “with fear and trembling” for that is what God requires.

Php 2:12 “Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.”

If there is one thing that dominates my thinking every moment I breathe, it is that I hope my children will choose to follow God with their lives. We’ve done our best to teach them who God is, why He is worthy of their total devotion, and how He will bless if they choose to serve Him. Some have followed the path that we have blazed, some have taken their own path. I love each one, regardless of their choice. We will always claim them as our own and never toss them out of the family. We believe adoption is like salvation; we picked them up out of the pit, dusted them off, and set them on their feet on a rock. Some of them have stepped back into the pit; some have stayed on the Rock. Some are making their way back to the Rock; some are making plans to jump off the Rock.

I cannot make these choices for them. I can only show them the Rock and why they need to plant their feet there. I must leave them in God’s hands. If they choose the pit, I will not go with them. If they choose the Rock, I’ll be there with open arms, ready to be a part of their life. I am thankful for those who are on the Rock or making their way back. I pray that God will preserve those who are not and that they’ll soon want to return to Him.

Blessings to my readers,

Val Frania, a mom of many, wife to one, and owned by God

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What a committed mother I have. What a blessing and privilege it is to be the daughter of a mother who sets her priorities in place and abides by them. There is no greater blessing in life than having a godly heritage to pass down to the next generations.

Amen!!!! I am too the proud son of a God-fearing, God-honoring mother…..and I wouldn’t trade her for anyone or anything….God has been too good to me. I love her and my Dad also. They have both demonstrated Christ and will be honored by me here on earth and in heaven…..you see honoring your parents does not stop when you move out or when you die….it goes through eternity. You may not agree but the BIBLE SAYS to honor your parents….and if you don’t then you are in violation of God’s law…..yes even in eternity do we have to honor GOD (OUR ULTIMATE PARENT), but our earthly ones as well….. mom and dad gave up a lot let’s honor God and them……LOVE YA MOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

God has recently provided me the blessing of putting Devin in my life. Because of the Godly heritage that has been passed to her, she is passing that heritage on to two wonderful girls! I know they will benefit greatly from having her in their lives and learning from her. She has much to give them. Thank you Mrs. Frania for being such a committed Christian mom.

What a blessing! I have really enjoyed getting more aquainted with your family through your website and links. May the Lord bless all of your family’s ministries as you serve Him. I’m sure I’ll visit again.

Amen!!!! I am too the proud son of a God-fearing, God-honoring mother…..and I wouldn’t trade her for anyone or anything….God has been too good to me. I love her and my Dad also. They have both demonstrated Christ and will be honored by me here on earth and in heaven…..you see honoring your parents does not stop when you move out or when you die….it goes through eternity. You may not agree but the BIBLE SAYS to honor your parents….and if you don’t then you are in violation of God’s law…..yes even in eternity do we have to honor GOD (OUR ULTIMATE PARENT), but our earthly ones as well….. mom and dad gave up a lot let’s honor God and them……LOVE YA MOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Amy Carmichael

“If souls can suffer alongside, and I hardly know it, because the spirit of discernment is not in me, then I know nothing of Calvary love.“

Welcome to my blog.

My name is Val. I am wife to Mark, mother to 15 and Grammie to 11. Along with serving in my church, I minister to others through writing and blogging. I am also a photographer, graphic designer and professional organizer. It is my desire to serve God with my life and be a blessing to my family as well as those around me.

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